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Brian Joseph Burton, better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, (born July 29, 1977 in White Plains, New York) is an American artist and producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released
The Grey Album, which combined a cappellas from
Jay-Z's
The Black Album with instrumentals from the album
The Beatles (also known as The White Album).
He formed
Gnarls Barkley with
Cee-Lo and produced their albums
St. Elsewhere and
The Odd Couple. He produced the second
Gorillaz album, 2005's Demon Days, as well as
The Black Keys' acclaimed
Attack & Release and
Beck's 2008 record,
Modern Guilt. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Producer of the Year category. In addition, Burton worked with rapper
MF DOOM as
DANGERDOOM, and released the albums
The Mouse And The Mask and
Occult Hymn.
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse present Dark Night of the Soul is his collaboration with
Sparklehorse,
David Lynch and a diverse cast of vocalists.
Broken Bells (formed in 2009) is his collaboration with
James Mercer of
The Shins.
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